Do both of you work outside of the home and raise kids?..

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Yesterday, 06:38 PM	? #2 (permalink)
Member ? Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,253	I was AD Army until my oldest was 3.5 years and my youngest was 1.5 years. I didn't notice how much I missed until I was home with them full time LOL. My H is still AD Army, and he makes a very nice living for us. I am currently using my GI Bill and getting paid to go to college, which is helping us build up our financial portfolio. As soon as the kids went to school full time, so did I. When I look back, I realize that the kids really did a lot with daycares and sitters. We were hardly ever home and when we were they were more than likely sleeping. But once I got out and had all day with them, it was very interesting to see the things they would mimic hahaha. (sweeping, picking up, making faces). I don't know that I would have gotten out any sooner since my time in the service provides me with my current education benefits, but I think about how different things would have been had I gotten out when the first was born.
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Yesterday, 06:38 PM	? #3 (permalink)
Member ? Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Alberta Posts: 890	Well, my kids are all out of the house now, but yeah, they pretty much grew up in daycare. Although I've been pretty lucky to have an extremely flexible job. I had no choice when they were little, as I was a single mom. That changed when the youngest was 7, but I have always made more than hubby. There are days I would gladly quit, but all in all I don't mind working. I am the kind of person who would pretty much go nuts having to be at home with little kids all the time. I enjoy them much more now that they're all independent That said, if I was starting out now I would seriously consider staying home with them. I know a lot more now than I did then, and I am a proponent of homeschooling, strongly. I also am more settled with myself and I don't think the little kids would drive me nuts like they did 10 or more years ago. I would do a few things differently, and I think staying home with them would be one of those things.
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Yesterday, 08:59 PM	? #9 (permalink)
Member ? Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 489	Both my husband and I work full time, I work 5 days a week, he works anywhere from 5 to 7, depending on the job he is at, he works in construction. We could probably survive on his income, but it makes it a whole lot easier to have 2, and we get to do more, take the kids places. I have it a little easier because my mom babysits my son, and my daughter if she's off school. I feel ok going to work knowing they are with my mom all day. In all honesty, I could not be a STHM. I need to get out of the house and do something, I've always been that way, I have a hard time being in the same place all the time. Plus I love my job, I love going there and the people I work with are amazing.
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